Class 2 GK Worksheet: National Symbols of India
Remember (Symbol and title): Animal – tiger, bird – peacock, flower – lotus, fruit – mango, tree – banyan, river – Ganga, aquatic animal – river dolphin, heritage animal – elephant. Anthem – Jana Gana Mana (written by Rabindranath Tagore), song – Vande Mataram, motto – Satyameva Jayate, emblem – the Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath. Flag: saffron on top, white in the middle, green at the bottom; the Ashoka Chakra has 24 spokes.
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- 1.🦁 How many lions stand back to back on the Lion Capital of Ashoka?
- 2.🎵 About how many seconds does it take to sing the full national anthem?
- 3.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the top of the Indian flag? (a) white (b) navy blue (c) green (d) saffron
- 4.🇮🇳 What is India’s national animal? (a) Jana Gana Mana (b) river dolphin (c) tiger (d) elephant
- 5.🇮🇳 “Ganga” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national flower (c) national river (d) national heritage animal
- 6.🎵 Who wrote our national anthem, Jana Gana Mana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
- 7.🇮🇳 What is India’s national motto? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) Vande Mataram (c) Lion Capital of Ashoka (d) river dolphin
- 8.🇮🇳 What is India’s national aquatic animal? (a) Vande Mataram (b) mango (c) lotus (d) river dolphin
- 9.📅 On which date is India’s Independence Day? (a) 26 January (b) 2 October (c) 15 August (d) 14 November
- 10.🇮🇳 “banyan” is India’s ___. (a) national river (b) national motto (c) national tree (d) national song
- 11.🇮🇳 “lotus” is India’s ___. (a) national song (b) national river (c) national animal (d) national flower
- 12.🇮🇳 How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on our flag have?
- 13.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “Ganga” is India’s national tree. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🇮🇳 What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on our flag? (a) green (b) saffron (c) red (d) navy blue
- 16.🇮🇳 How many coloured bands (stripes) does the Indian flag have?
- 17.🇮🇳 “peacock” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national bird (c) national tree (d) national aquatic animal
- 18.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national flower. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “peacock” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🇮🇳 What is India’s national bird? (a) peacock (b) Ganga (c) banyan (d) river dolphin
- 21.🇮🇳 What is India’s national emblem? (a) peacock (b) Lion Capital of Ashoka (c) tiger (d) Vande Mataram
- 22.True or false: “elephant” is India’s national heritage animal. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🇮🇳 “tiger” is India’s ___. (a) national river (b) national emblem (c) national heritage animal (d) national animal
- 24.True or false: “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “river dolphin” is India’s national bird. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🇮🇳 “river dolphin” is India’s ___. (a) national fruit (b) national bird (c) national aquatic animal (d) national motto
- 27.🙏 Who is called the Father of the Nation in India? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
- 28.🇮🇳 “mango” is India’s ___. (a) national animal (b) national fruit (c) national song (d) national motto
- 29.🇮🇳 What is India’s national anthem? (a) elephant (b) lotus (c) Jana Gana Mana (d) peacock
- 30.🇮🇳 What is India’s national song? (a) Satyameva Jayate (b) peacock (c) tiger (d) Vande Mataram
- 31.🇮🇳 What is India’s national tree? (a) banyan (b) river dolphin (c) lotus (d) tiger
- 32.🇮🇳 “Satyameva Jayate” is India’s ___. (a) national aquatic animal (b) national motto (c) national bird (d) national anthem
- 33.🇮🇳 What is India’s national fruit? (a) peacock (b) river dolphin (c) tiger (d) mango
- 34.🇮🇳 “elephant” is India’s ___. (a) national tree (b) national heritage animal (c) national motto (d) national animal
- 35.🇮🇳 Which colour is at the bottom of the Indian flag? (a) saffron (b) white (c) green (d) navy blue
- 36.🇮🇳 “Vande Mataram” is India’s ___. (a) national bird (b) national flower (c) national anthem (d) national song
- 37.True or false: “lotus” is India’s national anthem. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🦁 Our national emblem, the Lion Capital, comes from which place? (a) Mumbai (b) Sarnath (c) Agra (d) Jaipur
- 39.🇮🇳 What is India’s national river? (a) lotus (b) Jana Gana Mana (c) Ganga (d) tiger
- 40.🇮🇳 Which colour is in the middle of the Indian flag? (a) green (b) red (c) saffron (d) white
Answer key
- 4
- 52
- saffron
- tiger
- national river
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Satyameva Jayate
- river dolphin
- 15 August
- national tree
- national flower
- 24
- False
- False
- navy blue
- 3
- national bird
- True
- True
- peacock
- Lion Capital of Ashoka
- True
- national animal
- False
- False
- national aquatic animal
- Mahatma Gandhi
- national fruit
- Jana Gana Mana
- Vande Mataram
- banyan
- national motto
- mango
- national heritage animal
- green
- national song
- False
- Sarnath
- Ganga
- white
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